Meaning & use
Leafing
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Turning the pages of a book, magazine, or document quickly, often without reading closely.
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She sat leafing through old photographs, lost in memory.
He was leafing through the magazine while waiting for his appointment.
A note on using this word
Leafing can also describe trees growing new leaves in spring, as in 'the oak trees are leafing out early this year.'
Words with a similar meaning
flippingskimming
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Growing or producing leaves, as a plant or tree does in spring.
The maples were already leafing out by early April.
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